Deadline is tomorrow, status is:

6 Packages Sent

4 Packages Received

2 Extensions approved (Willbender, Marait Lage)

4 Senders - no contact

1 Donation - Treamayne

Remember; if you will not be able to send by tomorrow evening (Deadline) you need to request an extension and let me know why you are delayed (and preferably with an estimate of how long)

If you are still planning on donating to the lost-gift/prize-pool, make sure you PM for an address and also provide an estimate for the donation.

That is all

-Nic

Four people with no contact at all? That seems...unusually high?

I am finishing up my gift tonight, and will be sending it out tomorrow. Does anyone have a recommendation of whether it is best to use USPS, Fedex or UPS?

Well, no PM contact, to be precise. For example, one person mentioned on 28 Nov their stuff would be out "tomorrow;" but I never received a PM saying if it had or had not gone out.

That said, since my update all four have PMed. Two indicate an intention to send tomorrow (though a PM confirmation after it is sent will still be required), and two were granted an extension (one for medical, as per Marit's post).

Of the two packages in transit, one should have arrived and the recipient should be able to get to the Post office to pick it up tomorrow as well.

-Nic

My victim has now been sent their... just rewards, let's say.

I hope they "enjoy" them and get everything they deserve.



(PM confirmation has been sent.)

I'm just waiting for my victim to post that they received my package. I guess I deserve to wait though. I made my sender wait way way way too long because I was being lazy and not checking my mail regularly.

Wait no more, my friend, for I have recieved it! More to come once I actually get the time to peel all the scotch tape off and see what's inside.

Someone from Houston, Texas has sent me something. It left Phoenix AZ on 12/02 at 04:17am.

I am officially excited!!

OK, here we go! First off, I got this letter from Segrus... (all images in spoilers because they are huuuuuuuuge)



Along with a couple plastic cases containing what basically amounts to 90% of a custom-made precon deck. Images in spoilers below. It needs about 8 more cards and some land and it's a deck. Looks really... swell! (ba-dum ching).



Seriously though, thank you Segrus, and it didn't escape my notice that despite your letter's claims to the contrary you did bother to find the one thing I asked for. And Swelddagrif seems like a good deck to bring to the undoubtably un-filled games I'm sure to see in the next few weeks. Just need to find a good way to break the symmetry... *buahahahahahaha!*

I do hope you like Swelddagrif. Here's what it was supposed to look like: Swelddagrif baby!! I really tried to make that card look good, but after like 8-10 attempts at printing stuff off and trying to make glue work I had to give up and hope it'd be enough. I do want to get an actually really sweet version to you, I'm just not skilled enough (and ran out of time to find a professional).

I got a little help on the design from Treamayne (thank you again!) and a separate MTG friend.

Definitely don't feel obligated to use any of the cards there--please build whatever deck you want. I basically just pulled cards from my collection that were shiny and/or looked like they might fit in a Swelddagrif deck. Merry Grixmas!

Mine arrived at the local sorting office at 3am local time but wasn't sorted for delivery today which means I'll only get it on Monday. Ohhhh, excited (but a little disappointed) Still, the anticipation adds to it!

I'm in a similar spot. My precious gift is now in the same country as me (yay!) but the wrong end of it (boooooo!). Expect it to be here Monday and then posts to follow in the evening?

I got my Package! I got a handwritten note that says:

"Greetings Inkeyes!

"A short message on scavenged notebook paper for this holy holiday of Grixmas tide! A quick explanation of some of the cards within.
- Spiritmonger - When this card first came out my friends and I thought it was an unbeatable monstrosity. We meta-gamed for it. To this day, it remains one of my favorite cards ever." (as it should be!)

- Sulfurous Springs- two words: DAT ART.

-Scarwood Goblins- another great RG art card from back in the day.

-Vampiric Dragon- Fun to alter in a Grixmas-y way, plus a sort of unique card.

-Rhys- Wishlist *Cough cough*

-Voice- Who doesn't want big fat tokens?

-The Unhinged Cards- I pulled a few useful ones from my stack to give you some fodder for this wacky, experimental month.

Keep an eye on the mail, Ol' Nicol Bolas may have a trick or two left up his Grimy old Sleeves!

Got my Grixmas stuff in today, and wow, you outdid yourself, Coco. I'm gonna have to step up to the plate, even though I'm awful at edits (I'm a mini painter, not a traditional one anymore).

This was great, honestly. My wife saw this and snatched it from me to sing the entire carol (she was in choir growing up).

This really brought it all together. I'm torn between sticking them into decks immediately, or framing this and setting it out each year in my game room during Christmas.

These was way above and beyond anything I could have hoped for, honestly. Thanks so much, Coco. Between the cards and the packs, this was an amazing Grixmas.

I'm glad you liked it. I'm pretty sure this is the first arts & crafts project I've done since grade school, so I'm pleased it turned out all right. As for the boosters, I wanted something to fill the empty space inside the package and keep the cards from rattling around, and I figured as a Magic player you might enjoy those more than bubble wrap (although bubble wrap is quite fun). Let me know if you open anything cool!



I wish I could have heard this. I was singing it to myself to try to get the tune right and my roommates were not impressed...